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accident, four cows that were under 
it at the time were killed. A barn 
at Blifworth was likewife blown 
down. ‘T'rees were blown up by 
the roots, the thatch {tripped off cot- 
tages, and many chimnies blown 
down, in different parts of the 
country. ' 
A very large elm tree, by the fide 
of the road about a mile from Brent- 
‘wood, was ftruck down by the light- 
ning, about two yards from the bot- 
tom, and fell acrofs the road, about 
five yards before the leaders of the 
Ipfwich mailcoach. All the horfes 
turned round, fnapped the pole, 
overfet the coach, and tore the har- 
nefs to pieces. By the conftrnétion 
of the mail coach, the paflengers 
efcaped unhurt; but the guard re- 
ceived a bruife in his leg. 
The driver of the Liverpool ftage- 
coach was terribly fcorched by the 
lightning; and the drivers of the 
different mails had the utmoft dif- 
ficulty to make, their horfes keep the 
road. 
At Whitehaven, in the night it 
became tempeftuous; the wind raged 
dreadfully; there was much thunder 
and lightning, and a great deal of 
hail and fleet fell. The tide in the 
harbour flowed much earlier than 
the ufual time, and rofe to an afto- 
nifhing height, Several of the 
. fhips (there were a great number in 
port) broke adrift in_ the courfe of 
‘the‘night, and’ many of them were 
damaged, but none materially. The 
profpect of the fea, with the coming 
tide, was alarming beyond defcrip- 
tion; the huge billows, chafing 
each other, broke with irrefiftible 
fury over the outer works of the 
harbour, and all was whitened with 
the foam. | © ~ rt : 
’ Accounts from North Wales are 
full of melancholy events. ‘Trees in 
‘many parts ‘of France. 
hhoufes at Dunkirk were thrown 
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feveral parts were torn up by thie 
roots; and in one place a cottage 
was blown down, by which'a man, 
his wife, and four boys, were killed 
in their beds, In another place the 
wind quite unroofed the houfe of a 
gentleman, and blew the bell, &c. 
which ftood on his coach-houfe, fe- 
veral yards, fhattered the gable end 
of the ftables, in which were fix fine 
coach-horfes and five hunters: they 
all, however, efcaped unhurt, except 
two hunters that were inthe ftalls 
neareft the weft end, one of which was 
killed on the fpot, the other maimed 
fo much, that it was neceflary to 
fhoot it immediately. A very fine 
large hot-houfe, built the laft fum- 
mer, was alfo entirely levelled with 
the ground; and the gardener, who 
lived clofe to it, fuffered very much, 
fome bricks, tiles, &c. falling 
through the roof and top of the bed, 
‘which broke his left arm, and bruifed 
his thigh exceedingly. 
The ftorm was feverely felt in 
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down, and much damage done 
among the fhipping. 
Diep, near Biarney, inthe county 
of Cork, in Ireland, aged 84, Owen 
M<Carthy, efq. commonly called 
Majfter-na-moran, or lord or mafter 
of the principality of Moran. He 
has left an only fon, now governor 
of Miranda, and colonel of a regi- 
ment of’ horfe in the Portuguefe 
fervice.. The deceafed had 15 bro- 
thers, 13 of whom emigrated for 
bread, after lofing their eftates in 
that kingdom, and were promoted 
to high ranks in the different armies 
of France, Spain, Portugal, and 
Germany. ? 
_ At Arlefcote-houfe, wéar Edge- 
hill, in the county of Warwick, Mr. 
Thickneffe, many year's high:mafter 
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